Ballymoreen (civil parish)

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Position of the parish within the civil parishes of North Tipperary BallymurreenCivilParishImproved.jpg
Position of the parish within the civil parishes of North Tipperary
Position of the parish within the parishes of south-eastern North Tipperary, showing the exclave of Rathcunikeen surrounded by Borrisleigh BallymurreenCivilParishExpanded2.jpg
Position of the parish within the parishes of south-eastern North Tipperary, showing the exclave of Rathcunikeen surrounded by Borrisleigh
Townlands in Ballymurreen civil parish. Note that Rathcunikeen townland is an exclave which is located within a neighbouring civil parish, Borrisleigh TownlandsInBallymurreenCivilParishInTipperary2.jpg
Townlands in Ballymurreen civil parish. Note that Rathcunikeen townland is an exclave which is located within a neighbouring civil parish, Borrisleigh

Ballymoreen, also written Ballymurreen (Irish : Baile Amoraoin), [1] is a civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is one of 21 civil parishes in the barony of Eliogarty.

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As a Church of Ireland parish, it was in the diocese of Cashel. The ruins of a church are still to be seen in Ballymurreen townland, at the junction of a minor road from Holycross with the R639, [2] but there was no parish church in modern times, members of the established church attending services in the neighbouring parish of Borrisleigh, at Littleton which is located between the exclave of Rathcunikeen and the main part of Ballymoreen.

Townlands of the civil parish

Ballymurreen contains seven townlands:

Together they amount to a total of 2870 statute acres; of these about 500 acres are bog and most of the remainder is used for dairying and tillage. [3]

Castle

The site of Ballymurreen Castle, no longer standing, is just across the road from the ruins of the church and graveyard in Ballymurreen townland. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Baile Amoraoin/Ballymurreen". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Site of church on extract from Ordnance Survey map". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Placenames Database of Ireland
  4. ↑ "Site of Ballymurreen Castle on extract from Ordnance Survey map". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.

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